...but less so when signing players from other teams

NBA teams ranked by how little WAR surplus value was generated by free agent contracts with incoming players from other teams, 2011-2023

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Value is over the entire lifetime of each contract, including seasons after that player left the original team he signed with.

Chart: Neil PaineSource: Spotrac, Basketball-ReferenceCreated with Datawrapper